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However, McGlinchey was recently named in the New Zealand squad to take on Fiji in home-and-away World Cup qualifiers next week.

"We don't feel he's match-fit enough," Greenacre said.

"We need everybody that's fully fit raring to go, and we don't feel Mike is right at this minute."

The seventh-placed Nix head across the Tasman with their finals hopes hanging by a thread, sitting two points outside the finals.

Even a victory against the Wanderers, which would push them into sixth, may not be enough with fixtures against Melbourne Victory, Sydney and Brisbane Roar looming.

Their home match against Newcastle will also be complicated by the loss of their All Whites regulars, including McGlinchey, Andrew Durante, Glen Moss, Shane Smeltz and Tom Doyle, on international duty.